[AnAmericanMother]

Exactly. She didn't try to bute him through a vet check, cover up an existing lameness, or defraud anybody. Also, this didn't happen at the start of the course but at the very end, when the horse was tired.

The fact that a horse tries to break to a trot at the end of a very tough cross country course (after steeplechase and roads-and-tracks as well) doesn't necessarily indicate a serious injury. When I went to the 96 Olympics 3-Day in person, I got to see ALL the entries, not just the front runners, and there were plenty of horses who just shut off when they had had enough.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

The fact that the horses head was bobbing a lot....added to him trying to break to a trot...I’m sorry, she knew. I’ve been on horses before that were lame, with no head bobbing, at a walk, and I could feel it. She knew.

Becky